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About responsible tourism

Published on May 21, 2012 in culture, Event and Tourism. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .


There is another ‘Day’ to add into you general knowledge about tourism list. It’s ‘World Responsible Tourism Day 2012′. The official activity of this World Responsible Tourism Day will be held in London on 7th November 2012. You can browse the official website here.

Responsible Tourism is not another tourism sector or niche market. Responsible Tourism is a global practice supported by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). So they create the network among tour operators globally to spread the word about what is responsible tourism.

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Another Malaysian cultural heritage

Published on February 14, 2012 in culture and Malaysia. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .


JB Chingay pic from NST

Chingay have been around in Malaysia for about 100years. Chingay is celebrated by Chinese in Malaysia annually and it is famous for the street parade and acrobatic performance like balancing a giant flag that ranges from 25 ft to 32 ft in height and about 60 pounds in weigh. Penang is famous annual Chingay Parade in Malaysia.

Recently Prime Minister announce 148-year-old Johor Baru chingay procession as the latest entry into the country’s intangible cultural heritage list.

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Malaysia Dragon Lady…

Published on January 23, 2012 in culture, Event and Malaysia. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

A group of Malaysian Lady Dragon dancers caught the foreign media attention here. I guess many also don’t know about this group of dragon lady. They can do all sort of dragon dance movement as the Dragon Guys do…

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Place in Malaysia by food

Published on October 23, 2011 in culture, Food & Drinks and Malaysia. 1 Comment Tags: , , .


Asam Pedas Melaka, pic from surianee flickr..

In many places around the world, it is common to connect or associated food with specific places like village,county or state. When the local menu is so attached to it’s birth place or place of origin, people will talk about the menu plus the place of origin even though it is cooked elsewhere. International Example can be the famous Kentucky Fried Chicken. You can read about the fried chicken is from place named Kentucky in USA.

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The Penghulu House

Published on July 25, 2011 in culture and Melaka. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .


Rumah Penghulu Abdul Ghani was once a house for the Official District Head (Chieftain) in Melaka. This artistic antique is only one in Malaysia. Read about about the conservation here.


Leaves of the Same Tree: Trade and Ethnicity in the Straits of Melaka

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Batik as an art

Published on July 12, 2011 in culture and Melaka. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , .

All Malays will have at least 1 batik at their home. Malaysian automatically will understand that Batik is a local culture. Both men and women have their own form of batik. The Government servant have their batik culture in Wednesday. Now we got many boutique that offer contemporary batik fashion that suits all ages and races.

So we understand batik is a fabric and use as our clothing. How many of us praise batik as an art and put it on the wall like other paintings?



Not just sells the batik art, you also can Learn the art at GM Choo batik classes.

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World Toilet College

Published on June 21, 2011 in culture, education and travel guide. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .



Toilet sign in Bangkok, pic from pocketcultures.

Travel and toilets can’t be separated. Many of our destination review will be influenced by the toilet condition. Bad toilet will affect the restaurant good and delicious food. That’s why you can find many public toilet now have a standby cleaner inside it, so the cleaning process will be real time instead of schedule cleaning.

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